Invitations are circulating in Central New York today for the event, which requires an RSVP through the governor's office. A spokesman for the governor indicated the public may attend the talk as long as they bring photo identification. Seating is limited.

Cuomo's plan calls for attaching the creation of a new teacher evaluation plan with $805 million in additional aid for schools. It also calls for a change to public pensions for future workers, including increases in workers' contributions to retirement plans and the option for workers to take their individual fund to other, private-sector jobs.

Today, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released his analysis of the proposed budget. DiNapoli, a Democrat like Cuomo, praised the governor for closing a projected $2 billion budget gap.

But the comptroller criticized the governor for inserting language into budget bills that would give Cuomo's Division of the Budget the power to shift money between state agencies and authorities without additional approval from lawmakers. The move would reduce "transparency, accountability and oversight" about how state taxpayer money is spent, DiNapoli said.